diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2057a9d464..67cef1cd2c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -474,7 +474,6 @@ SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-octopus.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-one-file.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-merge-resolve.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-mergetool.sh
-SCRIPT_SH += git-pull.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-quiltimport.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-rebase.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-remote-testgit.sh
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 421a34de4b..722a83c51b 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -798,13 +798,6 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	unsigned char orig_head[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ], curr_head[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ];
 	unsigned char rebase_fork_point[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ];
 
-	if (!getenv("_GIT_USE_BUILTIN_PULL")) {
-		const char *path = mkpath("%s/git-pull", git_exec_path());
-
-		if (sane_execvp(path, (char **)argv) < 0)
-			die_errno("could not exec %s", path);
-	}
-
 	if (!getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"))
 		set_reflog_message(argc, argv);
 
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/contrib/examples/git-pull.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from git-pull.sh
rename to contrib/examples/git-pull.sh